The Portland daily press., 1887-06-11
the FRtEN DS.
Proceedings OF the Second Day.

redu, ana THIS was IOllOWeu ny u Bcncidi "a
preston of welcome to these brethren on the
part of the yearly meeting, and responses to
these cordial greetings by the visitors, very
clearly showing that there was one fellow
ship, and that however widely separated the
Spirit Of Christ made them all enc.
BY the reports received from the different
quarterly meetings it appeared that the fol-
lowing representatives to the yearly meeting /
have been appointed:
Rhode Isand-Samuel r. Bufinton, Robert T. |
Clifford, Anthony NJ. Kimber, Joseph :. Anthony,
BENJAMIN r. Knowles, Charles A. Chaee, Angus Il
tus Jones, Joseph L. Mac0mber, Daniel Meader. |
William Jacobs, john S. Kimber, Charles W. |
Salem-Daniel c. Maxfed Owen Dame, Thos.
Wood Clement r. Hanson, William o. Newhall,
Joseph Garland, Peter NJ. Neal, Charles II.
Thorndike ALBERT O. Hill, oney I. Meader, Geo.
sandwich-Geo. Rowland, Jr.. Edward G, Oh
llngham Arnold G Trip, Joseph Even. G hnsia
Wood, Joshua l.. Macomber, David Kelley DaNld
II. Potter, Stephen r. Wing, VIM. ii. Gardner,
'J FalmoutiNsumner G. Williams, silas H. Cart
land, George Douglass John 4 Fellows, John y.
Frye, Augustus I, Cox. Henry +. Newell, Edw. {.
Jones, Chas. A. Nichols, John II. Hall, Albert F.
Mnott Ezra Hawkes., Charles w. Goddard
Smithfeld-Isaac Steere, Richard Battey, VIII
liam Aldrich, Oscar J. Morse.
d. Nichols, Josiah Philbrook, William A. Jones,
Hezekiah Pope, Frank K. Jones.
T.
futile. John b. Garland, George j. Jenness, Oil
yer Meader.
Fairfield Henry winslow, Howard B, wyman,
Levi Jones, l. Warner Hawkes.. Joseph E. Briggs,
| Jacob Pope, George b. Wing, Mark Osborne.
Nearly all the above answered to their
names.
Various quarterly meetings connected with
| the yearly meeting certified to the recognition
| of the gifts of the ministers added to their
communion during The year, of whom there
| were six.
The names were read of those advanced to
| the position Of elders $50
Epistles were received from all the yearly
meetings with which this yearly meeting cor
responds except London and Ohio; also one
from the monthly meeting of Brumana, Sy-
| ria. The epistles from Ireland, Baltimore,
| North Carolina and Indiana were read in the
| morning.
Richard Battey. William A. Jones, William
P. Tuttle, |. Warren Hawkes.. Samuel r.
Buffinton, Owen Dame, David Keller and
George Douglass were appointed to nominate
committee on correspondence.
Owen Dame, Arnold G. Trip. Sumner G.
| Williams, William Aldrich, Josiah Phil
brook, Samuel Buffnm and Henry Winslow
were appointed committee to audit and set
| tie the accounts of the treasurer.
benjamin X. Knowles, Joseph Garland,
William p. Maeomber, Ezra Hawkes., Isaac
| Steere, Hartwell A. Jenkins, William p.
Tuttle and Isaac Winslow were appointed
| committee to prepare a summary of the ans
| werS to the queries and present IL at an early
| session of this meeting
Reports from the various quarterly meet
| ings were received, announcing deaths and
changes which have taken place during the
| year.
Among the visiting delegates were the new
names reported of David E. Sampson of
North Carolina, and Ezra G.. Pearson of
Ohio. The presiding clerk, Friend William
u Newhall, referred to what had been a
long observed custom at their yearly meet
ings, and one that he hoped would never fall
into disusc-the habit of spending a moment
in silent thought and prayer, before hasten
ing out after the minute of adjournment was
| made eaN
This appropriate and impressive custom
was observed at the close of this meeting.
The women's meeting, was held in the
main audience room at the same hour, and
the order Of business was somewhat similar.
An hour was spent in devotional services,
after which the first business was the recep-
ton OF representatives from quarterly meet
lngs in New England, and the reading Of
letters from corresponding bodies-Dublin,
Ireland; Canada, Baltimore, New York and
North Carolina. committee of CORE
spondence was appointed and action taken
upon sending letters to London, Dublin,
Brumana, Syria, and to the yearly meetings
| in America. ss.ffSss
These credentials of visiting ministers and
elders were received: Benz +. Farquhar
and wife, of New York; David 4. Sampson
and wife. OF North Carolina; Jeremiah A.
Grinell and wife, of Ohio; John r. Penning-
Dillon, Eyi Snarpless of Iowa; William
Marshall, of Dakota; and James p. Pink
ham, President of the Foreign Mission Board
of Iowa.
A committee was appointed to prepare re-
turn letters for visiting ministers; also a
committee to prepare summary of answers
TO queries. All these items of business were
interspersed with brief, earnest addresses
ana feryent prayers, imbuing all the proceed
ings with marked devotional spirit.
AFTERNOON.
Friday afternoon, the meeting commenced
| at O'Clock. The committee appointed re-
ported VIM. o. Newtall as clerk of the Year
y Meeting, and Timothy B. Hussey and
Daniel Maxfeid. Assistant Clerks. The read
ing OF letters from corresponding bodies was
| resumed, and affectionate Christian epistIes
| were presented from Kansas, Mount Leto.
non, Syria and New York, in each of wh.el
some one leading point of moral or religious
interest was referred to and enforced. The
| Mount Lebanon letter was from mission
| station sustained by the Friends, and was
| especially interesting in its expression of
cordial Christian greeting. Following the
reading Of these letters. Friend Eli Jones
4 Va shO WOhdCl uCfClUpItfcut VI Tile
Chrlstion spirit in every quarter Of the
world, and the bright;promise of the future
for the universal prevalence of the gospel
Friend Benjamin Knowles also spoke upon
f1dss;n subject and referred to the
ant Interchange of Christian greeting.
The committee appointed at previous meet
ing to consider the subject of divorce, re-
ported and recommended a change in the
| discipline, making it to conform strictly to
| the law of the New Testament upon the sub
/ Ject The report was adopted and the change
voted, after an earnest discussion OF the i'm
portauce OF taking some action upon rapid
i ly growing evil.
| The statistics of the year were presented.
| from which it appears that the membership Of
| last year was 4412 this year the number is
AGO, making a gain of As. Friends Eli
Jones, J. 7. Pennington, Obadiah Chace,
less and others, spoke of the lessons of hope
and encouragement to be derived from these
statistical records. At this point Friend
sung Gospel hymn to which the assembly
listened with deep interest. The whole spir-
1t OF the meeting was adeeply spiritual and
practically religious character and will,
without doubt, leave its impress upon the flu
ture lives and work Of the members present.
The women's meeting. was held at the
same hour, and, after devotional services,
appointed as clerk for the ensuing year Anna
q. Wood; also Ruth S. Merry and Ruthanna
Ii. Nichols, assistant clerks. Letters were
read from corresponding meetingS-Ohio
Indiana, Western Iowa and Kansas. Stirring
addresses followed on the duties and priyi-
leges of mothers in the training of their
children. The committee on correspondence
were authorized to prepare letters for the
three following classes: Children, youth
and the affiicted-these letters to be dis
tributed among the families of Friends
through the various meetings. The commit
tee on divorce reported, and the report was
adopted similar to that in the mems meeting
After earnest prayers were offered for
mothers and children, the meeting adj
journed.
EVENING.
The meeting was in the interest of temper
ance, and came together at half-past seven
o'clock, and was opened with prayer. CITY
Marshal Hawkes. was called to the chair. as
he was chairman of the committee on tenn
perance. After few appropriate remarks
he called upon Gen. Neal Dow to make a five
minutes speech. Gen. Dow spoke of the i'm
portance of the subject as related to alIthe
material, moral and religious interests of So
ciety. He fefuted the assertion that the
Maine law is a failure. 1t is not failure.
but what temperance people want is to make
it Improbable and uncomfortable to the
liquor sellers. Rev. Mr.. LeLacheur followed
in remarks upon the Importance of religious
work and divine guidance in the warfare
against liquor selling. The vice president of |
the Woman's Temperance Christian Union |
of New York State, Mrs. Weaver |
spoke Of the purpose of the Union to work |